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Germany
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Jews of Germany: From Ashkenaz to Today
Germany is where the term 'Ashkenazi' originates, where the Reform movement was born, and where the Holocaust was conceived. The story of German Jewry is one of extraordinary achievement, devastating betrayal, and improbable rebirth.
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Rosa Luxemburg: The Jewish Revolutionary Who Shook Europe
Rosa Luxemburg was a Polish-Jewish revolutionary who became one of Europe's most brilliant political thinkers — and was murdered for her beliefs in 1919.
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Regina Jonas: The First Woman Rabbi the World Forgot
In 1935, Regina Jonas became the first woman ordained as a rabbi — and then the Holocaust erased her story for half a century.
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